March 09, 2011

Greinke Fractures Rib Playing Basketball: Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Zack Greinke fractured a right rib playing pick-up basketball during the off season and is likely to begin the season on the disabled list, the team revealed. "Everyone always told me not to do it because I was going to get hurt," Greinke said. The team is not penalizing the ace and hopes he'll miss just two or three starts.

Good luck Milwaukee. The kid is a head case. It was well known in KC the time that he was there. One stand out season won't cure crazy. You're in for a bumpy ride, and the roller coaster hasn't even left the loading area yet.

In case you were wondering, other successful athletes suffer from depression and perform quite well after the fact (Joey Votto, for example).

Agreed Grum. It's always puzzled me why there's still such a stigma regarding "mental illness". We know so little about it, yet it seems that we're all too willing to label "head case". Especially, when it happens to someone who's even remotely famous.